GERD at half way completion Stage: Debretsion Describes how his government minimized the cost of the dam through optimum electromechanical techniques (Video)

Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) – The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has recently made to divert the flow of water back to its natural course.

As the project has now reached the halfway completion stage, Awramba Times produced short documentary about the current status of the project. The production included Debretsion Gebremichael’s detailed account about the project.

Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) , minister of Ethiopia’s Communication and Information technology (MCIT) and executive committee member of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the Construction of GERD, describes how his government has gone extra mile to minimize the financial cost of the dam through optimum electromechanical engineering techniques. Please watch below

1. I agree with Observer; Observer you have read my mind to be very frank. I have strongly opposed TPLF even when I was a boy with no deep knowledge of any politics. I could not understand why the Tigrai liberators wanted to deny their own Tigrai a sea outlet is mind boggling for me. I have struggled for the past 25 years sane people determined to land-lock their country? The argument given by them was trash such a port is a commodity? Assab port is for camel to drink from? This was really stupidity and no man under the sun would argue against his country. Woyane have been arguing blatantly Ethiopia has to be landlocked. My surprise the Tigraionline editor used to jeer on this website by saying Amhara chauvinists wanted a port? This was very stupid. The port benefits all Ethiopians. It is better to have your own port than to spend around $2 billion dollars to buy ports from Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti,…. this was 100% wrong without done blindly with no knowledge. TPLF does not even know the benefit of a port? that is extremely heart-breaking issue. The port is not only for import and export or for economic interest, but the port is a security gate. It is very weird, bizzare, … TPLF leaders have no never understood the all round security, economic,… benefit of a port. Now the port is occupied by Arabs. They are now sitting next door to house. If we have had control of the port, they would not be there and we could avoid or repel before they cross the sea. But if they planned attack us we have to fight on our land and we can defeat them only if we succeed to push them back to the sea? Now Ethiopia is in dangerous situation because of their presence at Assab port. By my own experience , I solidly know they will train Islamicists in Assab by recruiting Afar Muslims and expect Muslim rebels in afar sooner. It is inevitable they will do that. They are in Assab to implement their Islamic agenda. They sponsored Jebha and Shabia together with Egypt to dismantle our country. They did not succeed. Now they might succeed now. I know Dr. DG does not think it is a problem for them to be at Assab port. But those of us who knows they will meddle in our country. Something must done about it. My suggestion is to end the Eritrean indepedence and unite the people and control the red sea. We know small urban Eritreans feel they are different and they hate Ethiopia. But vast majority of Eritreans are like Ethiopians, they are farmers. They live in rural area. The Eritrean independence was sanctioned on them. They are not educated and did not choice by knowledge choice to be independent. So now with the no peace no war, the ordinary people on both sides are suffering of war zone like life and lack of stability. My suggestion, why do not end the Eritrean independence? The no peace no war does not affect the TPLF leadership or the Shabia leadership. The no peace no war only affects the life of people on both sides of the non-existing border. For example, there is no business in Mekele, Asmara, adigrat after the 1998 conflict. This does not benefit the ordinary people. Why not build a better Ethiopia for all including Eritrea? if there is better Ethiopia? what is benefit of isolating poor people in the north corner? The status quo does not solve any problem except postpone solving the problem and make the people on both side suffer from the lack of economic activity between them. Consumer business and interaction is very important in modern age. That is my suggestion concerning Eritrea.

2. Ethnic Federalism: Politics based on race or ethnic or tribe is not healthy. It will be regrettable later. you may not see the long run result. But it is a dangerous game to use ethnic land partition. There are 95 ethnics or tribes in Ethiopia. But the land is divided to 9 major ethnics? This wrong from the start. On top of that ethnic Federalism has deny citizens mobility to work, reside, live or own property in ethnized land. Because if one lives in another ethnic land, he or she is considered foreigner. This is true. I have met many Ethiopians who have experienced such discrimination. On top of that OLF is using the very Ethnic Federalism you have created to Establish a country within Ethiopia. I have seen across Canada Oromos claiming they have a country called Oromia with its flag, national language. I have seen this in my own university the Egyptian flag hanged equally with Ethiopian flag with country status. We have seen this message carried in the recent protest also in Ethiopia. It is not a good sign. I suggest you abolish the Ethnic Federalism and change to geographical Federalism. Canada use Federalism, but the Federalism is based on geography similar to the old Ethiopian Kefle hager in Ethiopia. I can live anywhere in Canada and no one would ask me anything. My right is the same. If I am living today in Toronto, I can move tomorrow to Alberta and live anywhere. The only think I need is I have to travel. My Canadian indentification is the same where I go. No one cares about my ethnic or race or colour or where I came from if I am legal resident of Canada. My rights is the same everywhere i n Canada. No Canadian can claim to own any land anywhere in Canada unless one has bought a land anywhere Canada. If the Addis Ababa master plan was in Cananda? The Federal government would remove the people by compensating for the residents based on the land tenure system. If the addis ababa master plan was a Toronto master plan, the Federal or provincial government would follow the procedures and take over the land. No ethnic can claim ownership. Of course compensated based on the land tenure system. But in Ethiopia because of the ethnic Federalism, it became an ethnic politics. As such please change the federal system to geographical federal system and land belongs to all Ethiopians, not to any ethnic. On top of that giving land to 9 major ethnics make the minority ethnics landless and marginal because they will be treated as subsidiary because majority rules ?

3. Please abolish ethnic political opposition it is racist by nature because people will think about their ethnics and can also lead to ethnic strife because it is easy to fool people their ethnic.
4. Please allow full democracy and prepare to leave power democratically and that is the only way to prosper. If there is no freedom of thinking? There is no academic freedom, there is freedom to be innovative or creative. In short you can not solve complex problem without freedom. Also stability can be guaranteed only if there is democracy and freedom. People resort to violence if there is freedom or democracy. Anarchy ended in Europe only because of democracy. Please we beg you to allow full democracy. If there is full democracy, everyone is governed by democratic law and there is no need for race or ethnic or tribalism. You must know your running the country using 44 years old dedebit policy with no input from Ethiopians, may be you were 18 years old when you made all those law. It is an fair 100 million people have to be ruled for almost 30 years with one policy drafted in Debebit 44 years ago? This is very unjust and by the same type of people with the same idea? This is not cool to be frank. It is like eating Shiro wet by injera for 30 years? It is like sleeping in a bed for 30 years without changing your bedding sheet? It is not cool.

5. As observer said it, reform EPRDF to be a National party you can call it Ethopian National Party or give it another name. Front is front, you are not still in the bush, make it civil.

6. If there is full blown democracy in Ethiopia, there is no need for Eritrea as a country. Do something about it instead of fighting many proxy wars.

7. Also release political prisoners. I know many of them are ending up as rebels. It is okay to let them out and let them go wherever they want. Reyot Alumu has joined g7? That tells me she was g7 in the first place and the government was right.

8. Allow free professional, ethical, investigative journalism and that is the only way to destroy corruption.
9. Respect the people of Ethiopia and do not allow NGOS and foreign Journalist to run the country. The country is yours. Do not worship or allow foreign journalists with vested business interest to interfere in Ethiopian affaires
10. Set up National youth development programme that supports entrepreneurs to start small and large companies. Allow young Ethiopians to invest in the telecom industry. you can give license to provide internet services for example, mobile services private local companies. Do not allow foreign citizens to take over telecom or banking,… these are important National treasures and National security.

11. Employ people based on merit, not based on ethnic or tribe or party, please
12. Let professions be governed by professional councils for exampel, engineers must be governed by Engineering Professional councils, Doctors by Doctors Professional council, Lawyers by Lawyers professional council or society or …. similarly others. Then the PM does not need to have to worry about corruption. They system must be corruption proof. Top of officials can not control corruption by checking all offices in 100 million country. They system must be made self-monitored system.

Thanks Compatriot !
I am proud of you and happy that our beloved country has such sons and daughters who see things in the horizon and analyze things beyond their tribal ,narrow and opportunistic confines.
May God bless you .

What a day dreamer and big girl’s blouse!!!!
Before expressing my opinion in the subsequent section, let me tell you where my prime focus will be. Firstly, I will talk about the Asseb port just to give you the other flip side of the story that you are blind to see. Secondly, I will also add my perspective on Ethnic Federalism. First before I said anything here is my disclaimer; I am not expert on none of the issues I will speak my mind. Therefore, I am just forwarding my sole opinion and I am also not representing any political party point of view either. I am independent Ethiopian citizen reside in Ethiopia, so whatever I said is my own opinion. Having said that let’s get started with the bone of contention that is Asseb port. First of all, the issue of Asseb is not something in progress but an issue that had been settled some two decades ago not by a discussion on the table but rather by gun battle. So, it’s worthless to raise such thing as the main issue at this moment in time for a sane individual, but it could be still an agenda for chauvinists who had waged war on Eritrean people who were hoping to settle their concerns and the right of self-determination peacefully through dialogues and other non-violent means. Therefore, the issue of Eritrea could have been resolved via discussion based on mutual understanding if the former backward and chauvinist regimes had employed tried and tested conflict resolution instruments which worked for other countries which were in a similar situation like ours. However, thanks to Hailesslassie and Deg regimes they couldn’t handle the situation wisely because they were blinded by chauvinism. As a result, the so-called Eritrea in general Asseb port, in particular, had gone forever. Hence, let’s the bygones be bygones and think about the future and look for other possible means through which we can secure our national interests. On the other hand, you should recognize Eritrea is a sovereign state, like it or lump it!!! For this reason, it will be a futile attempt if any individual or group tried to disregard the country sovereignty. I personally hate Shabia for unlimited reasons, but I still respect Eritrean people choice regardless the fact that the bogus referendum. I also believe the fact that Eritreans today have picked lesson through the hard way. They were betrayed and misinformed, but these days they have realized the fact that how devastating the consequence of ill-informed choices and decisions they had made in the name of freedom, liberation, and democracy. To the contrary, Eritreans gain nothing from their independence as their independence didn’t yield anything except enslavement of the entire country by Shabia. These days, Eritrean becomes the second largest refugees next to war-stricken country, Syria which, yesterday, trained and armed Shabia. What have Eritreans benefited from Shabia led independence? Enslavement and destitution!!! Anyway, what is happing in Eritrea is partly if not fully a consequence of the backward policies that were employed by farmer chauvinist regimes of Ethiopia. Particularly, the infamous policy “Enbi lalew sew ti-iet agursew” roughly it can be translated as follows: “Shoot him on the head if he doesn’t obey”. That means that they shoot to kill you if you have a different point of view to theirs.
The second point that I would like to touch briefly is that ethnic federalism. You have tried to blacken the good reputation of ethnic federalism as something repressive and backward form of federalism. However, you have neither the expertise nor a moral to criticize it. When you tired to do so, it only exposes your ignorance. Anyway, believe it or not, the so-called ethnic federalism is one of the handful forms of federalism practicing in many countries. For instance, Switzerland is one of the few well-developed country that embraced ethnic federalism more than a century ago while our country suffered from civil war, poverty, ignorance and backwardness under monarchy and military regimes. Now, Switzerland has a matured and developed democracy than any country on earth. However, what have Ethiopians benefited from oppressive and brutal unitary governments? Nothing except they inherited poverty, frequent famine, not to mention the civil war from their former regimes. To my wonder, you have falsely mentioned Canada as geographic federalism. In the first place, there is no such form of federalism on the planet earth. If there is, it’s only in your own mind. Please, stop from disseminating such bogus information to mislead average innocents. If someone interested to know the fact, it can be googled from the Internet to debunk Ato Gezaee false claim. To give little bit information, before federation of Canadian provinces officially established, the present day Canada provinces were independent colonies, for example, British colonies such as Ontario and French colony Quebec. Therefore, after bloody war among the colonies, they came to form confederation that mainly comprise of the provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. These provinces were the first Canadian provinces that formed confederation which paved the way for the establishment of Canada federation. Many years later, the west Canada provinces namely Alberta, British-Colombia and Saskatchewan joined the federation. These days, except Quebec which is predominately French-speaking province, all other provinces are mixed race provinces in which all types of European races and other world human races are residing peacefully even though in some provinces English, Scottish, Irish, and German are the dominant ethnic. Mr. Gezaee, however, tried to mislead as by referring Canadian federalism as geographic federalism which doesn’t exist in the globe. But, it doesn’t mean that geography has nothing to do during the establishment of federation. It means that it can be considered during the formation of federalism in order to ease administration. Other than such kind of importance, geography in itself can never be used to establish a healthy federation. So, in short, Mr. Gezaee is not only a liar but also he is ill-informed. To my mind, such kinds of people are the roots of all types of evil deeds.
So,may almighty God save us from people like Mr. Gezaee.

Tigraiway, you are the lairs, not me. Everything I have said is real. But you are twisting the reality on ground in Canada. You did not read what I said. Canada was divided into colonies, but later geographically federated. This is objective reality. I live in Canada for decades, you can not teach me about this. I have studied the Canadian history. I do not bother people giving Canadian history. But the truth is Canadian Federation is pure geographic and has nothing to do with race, ethnic, tribe. You are twisting things to fit your woyane apartheid in Ethiopia. The ethnic aparthied in Ethiopia is the same as the same as South African aparthied. You are misinforming people here. Guys, I tell you the woyane people the way they think is alien, does not exist in on our world. You are just evil. The Assab issue and Eritrean issue is still on hanging. It is not over as you trying tell us . Bandas decision can not be accepted. You blame the old system, but you do not know the current system is much worse than the old system? You do not know? the current system is much worse than derg, Haileslasisie. this current system is based on hatred, division, bias, prejudice. You could not even think of better. you think you are right and you blame everything on the past? Look, the past leaders also taught the same way like you they were right. The same way you think you are right today? You will not see it until you are kicked out like Gadaffi, racist, ethnicist, tribalist.

13. I forget one thing. please borrow about 1 trillion dollars and start a new irrigation project across the country. The blue Nile must be harnessed fully and large agricultural schemes must be implemented by the government and the people to ensure food security in every region. The country must also attract Defense investors from Russia or America or China to manufacture air defense systems within Ethiopia. Ethiopia has to make sure its air defense system is water proof and before Ethiopia try to use the Blue Nile for agriculture.
14. The country needs Navy and needs to control the red sea as soon as possible if you wanted the county to exist. Otherwise, landlocked Ethiopia surrounded by Arabs will not exist long. This is an urgent.

It is brilliant move by the Ethiopian government to include Sudan and Egypt. The agreement between Sudan and Egypt she made was the source of discussion on ESAT today by inviting one senseless guy Fekade Shewakena. The guy was speaking as if Ethiopia is loosing the ground which it was standing before.

Think about it, Fekade Shewakena, ill minded person toward Ethiopia as long as, by his word Weyane is on power thinking well about Ethiopia? Whether he likes it or not Hidaase Gidib will be finished for Ethiopians to remember MELES the name he hates most. Dingay rassoch nachew . This guy was outside Howard University on April 11 2011 to disrupt the Ethiopian discussion on Renaissance Dam. Doctor thanks For great explanation.

It is the most stupid move; it is because you have no clue about your right and you think you are right. Woyanes right even when they are wrong. Ethiopia owns the water does not need Sudan, or Egypt. The woyanes are doing this either they do not know their right or they are scared of Egypt. Beza it is /was the most stupid move because Ethiopia owns the water and this is the norm across the world. No country owns a resources in another country except the country of jurisdiction. You do not know what you are talking about.

One individual with human quality delivers lots of benefits to the nation than millions of the human wastes and rubbishes look likes together. Dr. Debretsion is one of the very useful persons in Ethiopia. Keeping the Ethio -Telecom under the Ethiopian state owned capitalism system ownership is the best job describing him as a wise, smart, determine and strong person. He is the true reflection how the Habesha people nature is throughout history which is being fair, honest, fearless, Justice, committed, courageous and determine.

The reason Ethiopia never been colonized or enslaved was because of the citizens are always the fair people never allow injustice to be done against them or anyone else. They don’t accept and live with it when this kind Barbaric behavior happened to them coming from another human being that acts as the true human monster and demon doing anything bad for wealth, money, power and influence including coming to another country. They have the continues nature of fighting against injustice till they die rather than accepting and living with it particularly in own place done by another human being coming from abroad for benefits committing all sorts of crimes against humanity and nature as slavery, colonization, the annihilation of the natives in the occupied continents and nations happened including Australia and the Americans not long ago.

We know Ethiopians will never accept their country to be overtaken by foreigners in the name of Globalization (modern colonization) and they become modern slave types and cheap and unwise consumers to the criminal multi nationals in their own country. Banks, land, Energy (clean-Hydro), Telecom, water and infrastructures including railways and aviations are among the very fundamental national wealth determining about the overall situation of the nations existence and achievements. Therefore, these very important national assets/development branches always must remain under the Ethiopian people ownership functioning based on the state ownership capitalism system.

The Ethiopian state owned capitalism system must work aggressively for profits, improvements and development where the result always has to be shared among all the citizens unlike the private ownership capitalism system where the profit always goes to individuals engaging with exploitation, speculation, corruption, lies, manipulation and so on for illegal profit. State owned capitalism system creates equal opportunities and equalities among the population while the private owned capitalism system creates inequalities followed by poverty, divisions, crimes and so on we are witnessing what is going on among the population in the west including USA and England.

However, the Ethiopian state ownership capitalism system is there so far only by name while unable even to walk a centimeter forward by delivering good services and achieving results. The energy sector is the one to mention. It is a shame still that very important sector has so called managers and workers while they are not delivering any job on time with quality. The Ethiopian government needs to fire those lazy and incompetents and replace them by those have knowledge, commitment and determination (including hiring foreigners) to deliver the jobs on time while protecting the unnecessary energy losses. The current energy sector officials are rubbish they can benefit the nation if only they are not there at all.

When we come to the banks, there is nothing to compare with it. Privately owned banks in some nations in the west owned more than the nations GDP. So, there is nothing dangerous than this to any nation faced by this kind situation. They are creating loans with no money in the circulation but offering empty credit bank accounts in order to get interests from something that is not there at all. Western/USA and English lead banks are the greatest frets and dangers to the nations and world economy.

Western banking system is functioning based on pure criminal activities operating legally and supported by the regimes that are part of the bank in the form of share holders or bribed elements. Any nation her bank system is dominated by privately owned banks is a nation on the moon walking towards hell. The idea of foreign banks functioning in other country is started since the 1980s and 1990s as globalization itself was started and it is illegal and criminal to allow that kind suicide situation to happen in any nation by choice instead of fighting it back till it disappears.

No nation needs any foreign bank in the country knowing it is a service sector relaying on the population/nation economy without creating any additional values in the physical economy. Because this has to be the jobs to the national bank and privately owned banks by the citizens; not by foreigners. The idea of having foreign banks must be confronted and stopped. Foreign banks are operating in any country particularly poor nations with aim to attack her easily and quickly and swallowed her by foreign banks in order to destroy the nations itself making her surrender and owned by the Jews NWO agenda where they have to be always the leaders, influential and benefit harvesters.

It is the same with so called foreign Medias and journalists that are part of the Globalization agenda and the most part owned and run by them. They are pure criminals have no what so ever benefit to any nation they are coming in but all bad, negative and dangerous. These criminals camouflaging behind any foreign media must be confronted and stopped since longs times ago knowing they are evils and savages coming in the country by themselves for bad, negative and dangerous reasons. This year have been killed 110 so called journalists. This shows the international community is already woken up and started to confront them till they totally stopped coming to any country in the name of any foreign media and journalism.

As far as the GERD concern, it is serving Egypt pure as a political case. It has nothing to do about the Nile water in Egypt because of the dam will increase the flow and amount of water as it is build on the boarder and Ethiopia has no possibilities and intention to use even a cup of water from the dam other than rotating the turbines while passing through without losing any drop of water. What some sick Egyptian individuals don’t like to see is development in other part of Africa knowing the energy coming from the dam will transform not only Ethiopia but also Sudan and many nations in the region including Egypt.

So, GERD for Egypt and her supporters is 100% political while 0% technical related to safety, environment or water supply. However, as we are the fair, justice, honest and determine people, we will never give up about the truth and right things but finishing the jobs that is almost done knowing the dam will benefit everyone while affects no one.

There are more than 10,000 Ethiopians and 100s foreigners coming from 32 nations currently working on the GERD 24 hours a day and 7 days a week with three shifts. The quality of the dam is one of the best if not the best because of it is built lately using techniques, technologies and knowledge from other dams already built all over the world. The Italians are known with quality buildings since 2000 years ago. So, no technical body would have any negative finding about the quality and benefit of the dam if they are free from any political influences coming from Egypt directly or others that are the enemy of Africa and black people don’t want to see peace, unity, development. Prosperity and benefits in Africa towards black people.

The conclusion is that the dam is the done deal. There is no doubt about that. We are waiting eagerly and with big expectations for its completion. What Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have to talk about is about the filling process. This can be reached easily with compromises coming from all sides. We know the Ethiopian highland gets sometime up to 40% more rain falls than the average every three or four years. So, even this extra rain fall can be good enough alone to fill the dam. When once it is filled, then, there is no reason for Egypt or anyone else to cry about but getting more free water for generations to come.
If they are normal humans, they must offer Ethiopia supports to finish the dam and financial compensation during the filling process.

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“GERD at half way completion Stage: Debretsion Describes how his government minimized the cost of the dam through optimum electromechanical techniques”

50% the job is completed means at least 80% of the financial costs, human knowledge, efforts and energy are consumed. The preparations starting from the design to preparing the ground including using explosions, cleaning up millions of tones rubbish, buying equipments with hundreds of millions dollars weights many tones, transporting, and erecting them, building roads, bridges, accommodations and so on are the biggest jobs and all is done and working perfectly. The remaining job is the easiest and less costly one which is just building the dam based on the plan which is going on for 24/7 alongside with the production and distribution of energy.

This doctor is making sure he is the king pin of all the ilegal drug production that is making Oromos loose their farmlands to grow drugs. The Doctor’s idea is building GERD dam to sell electricity and drugs to Africa instead of building smaller dams that could support the water demand to save lives in Ethiopia..Currently 3 million students stoped going to school because of water shortage that followed by unrest.

The GERD dam will take atleast another 20 years to finish. It took 20 years for TPLF to build a muscle to build half the GERD dam so it will take atleast another 20 years to build the final half.

u have good idea building smaller dam but u dont need government help to build smaller dam the 3 million students should have built the small dam themselves it is very easy to build they can also build chekdam all u have to do is put stone on road the same what they did when they protested and block the road the same thing but this one u have to do it inside running river so u slow the river down and the water go underground this way u will recharge underground water and that is how u going fight water shortage another thing the 3 million students do is again it is very simple plant tree and grass this also help with water shortage they also build biogas so that they will not use wood for fire wood this way no body will cut tree and gain we going to get more water if we have more tree and grass the last thing i want to tell u about small dam and GERD DAM one u can run with it cement factory and sugar factory and other big industry like shoe factory but not with small dam i dont know who told u u can run industry with small dam

1. Ethiopia has to pay compensation to Egypt Sudan if the water flow is reduced or if Ethiopia uses the water? This is the most stupid agreement . If Ethiopians officials really signed such an agreement ? They are trash and worthless . Ethiopia owns the water, Ethiopia has 100% right to use its water. If really they did sign such agreement? it is even worse than the 1929 and 1959 Sudan and Egypt agreement. Signing a paper that says Ethiopia has to pay compensation for using its water is beyond crime to Ethiiopian people. I have to be honest, I will never trust woyanes because they are people who never learn when it comes to Ethiopians interest. Awramba times, in the developed countries leaders resign if things are beyond they can handle. Because you are in power you do not keep on printing your fingers everywhere in the name of 100 million people. If the FM and his team signed any paper that says Ethiopia has to pay compensation for using its water? it means Ethiopia has to buy its own water from Egypt? This has made me sleepless how can an Ethiopian do this to is country? I strongly TPLF people have big problem or incompetence when it comes to Ethiopia. They never ever stand for Ethiopia. It seems everything they do is just for some agenda we which we have no clue.
2. Secondly, involving or inviting Egypt or Sudan was wrong. Why? because Ethiopia has a sovereign right on anything on its territorial Jurisdiction and this is an international law. Ethiopia can use the water and even sell it. So inviting Egypt, Sudan was wrong. Even Entebbe agreement was wrong because Ethiopia does not need any blessing from outside to use its water resources. For example, every country on earth uses it water as it wants. There is no single country that allows its waters to be controlled by outside country. For example, India and Pakistan. The Indus river flows from India to Pakistan. They had old agreement to share the water. But India has violated the agreement they had because it needs the water and it did not allow Pakistan to dictate the water flow. In our case, we have no agreement so far. The foolish FM TA is killing and destroying the future of Ethiopians by printing his finger with EGYPTwhere. I honestly do not trust that big man called FM TA. I just suspect him as foolish man. The river Tigris and Euphrates flow from Turkey to Syria, Iraq,… but Turkey told them drink your oil and the water is Turkeys resources. I remember the Turkey President saying Ethiopia has a right to use its water as it its wants. He told to the Previous Egyptian Irrigation Minister. But the Egyptian Irrigation told him Ethiopia is not Turkey which means a weak country. I believe the Ethiopians leaders invited Egypt either they do not know their right or the right Ethiopian people or they were scared of Egypt? I am sure the reason is one of them. Otherwise, there is logic Ethiopian leaders to take order on their own resources. I feel Ethiopians leaders are just care about their stay on power, they do not care about Ethiopians interest. Is it the same people who told port is useless and for camel drinking? Is it not the same people who argued it is better to buy ports than to have one? Is it not the same people who told us port is a commodity? which means they do not understand the economic and strategic security importance of the ports? Americans, Europeans, China, Russia compete to control ports across across the world? is it because Americans have camels? is it because Europeans camels? is it because Chinese have camels? is it because Russians have camels so that they use the ports for camels to drink from? Trust me, the TPLF leader incompetent . This has nothing to do with hate but this fact based on their track record. Add to this the agreement made with Shabia EEBC, Alger’s agreement? There is no one good agreement made by EPRDF? All is one betrayal after another. Leaders in first world resign when they can not handle things because they do not want to make mistakes that will affect the lives many people. However in the houses TPLF you keep on doing mistakes. The Losethu river flows from the mountain of Losethu to South Africa? But South Africa has to pay for each liter of the water and now Losethus main income from the water sold to South Africa. In Losethu the water is called white gold. In USA, Colarado river flows into Mexico and USA controls the water as it wishes. It controls as it wishes with no need of Mexico to have a say. In Canada, the Columbia rivers flows to USA? USA pays for the water and Cananda controls the water. USA is more powerful compared to Canada and but USA never tried to bully Canada to get free water. And Losethu is 0.5 million people? South Africa is 50 million people and South Africa is powerful country in Africa ? it did not try to bully the tiny Losethu of 0.5 million people and South Africans were happy to pay for the water. Now South Africa pipes the water across South Africa.

I can not list all the countries who use their waters. Look India built 320 Dams along the Indus River without the need of Pakistan blessing. They have had agreement which is the made in 1964. India did not care about their agreement. We do not have any agreement? why the FM TA dragging Ethiopia to Egypt printing his finger everywhere deny Ethiopians their God given natural right? You put yourself in a problem by signing agreement which you have no obligation to do so? Ethiopia has no any obligation to sign any agreement?

The TPLF leadership doing either out of lack of knowledge of Ethiopians right or out of fear of Egypt? I see no logic, science, legality dragging Ethiopia to beg its water from Egypt. You are making a grand mistake again. Either you do not know your right or you are scared of Egypt and you are doing to stay on power by vandalizing Ethiopian people treasure. I see no logic, philosophy, science, legality dragging Ethiopia to Egypt to signing agreement for Ethiopia to pay compensation to Egypt which literal mean Ethiopia has to buy its water from Egypt? This is bullshit agreement or I do not think an Ethiopia small child could that. By the way, Haileslassie separated the Ethiopian orthodox church from Egypt to free Ethiopia from Egypt. I do not understand or see science or logic or philosophy or legality or obligation to be dragged to Egypt to sign agreement or seeking blessing from Egypt. It must be either you do not know your right or you are scared to tell hell and you signing in our name and denying us our God given and natural rights. No country share its oil, gold, diamond, … no country gave us free oil, free gold, free diamond. Water is more than oil, diamond, gold,silver. I can live with oil, silver ,gold, diamond, but can not live without fresh water? which one must be expensive ? Water ? oil? oil is being sold per liter? Oil toxic, carcinogenic, pollutant. If countries can become filthy rich by selling the dirty oil ? why can the poor Ethiopians be filthy rich by selling their water?

On top of all these? 99% Ethiopian have proper tap water. Ethiopians hardly take shower or have proper accessible for water for drinking, cooking, … for example, I used 30 years ago in Mekelle. There was no water in the city. There is no water even today? Why is woyane talking water for electricity only? why not water for drinking , shower, cooking,, … not only Mekelle, but also the entire country? how are you going to solve the water need in Mekelle? You have been digging water wells in Mekelle for 24 years? you can not develop a city by using water from well. It is impossible to develop any region without water. it is impossible and I have worked with development agencies and it is impossible to help people without water. That means water has piped to where there is no water from where there is water. The blue is one of the water that can be used to supply reliable water to water thirsty Mekele and other cities across the country. I have heard woyyane leaders saying they do not water of Blue Nile except for power? This is sickening. If you had power water by magic? why you did not supply water to Mekele in the past 25 years?

Why are your running to sign paper in our name by saying you will buy your own water? That is what is means if you to pay compensation to Egypt if you use the Blue Nile? why the hell are you signing to compensation for using your own water? why you buy your own water? This is never stupidity. You people think you are always wrong. We have all your track records. You always have been doing this. You like printing fingers everywhere in our name? Do not you read and learn and know your rights? do you do things arbitrarily ? Do not you do research ? The FM TA has office? Sir, let your support read, research, how other countries are using their water? do not run and sign and print your fingers in our name, you are killing even the born Ethiopia because you are denying their futures.

3. You signed agreement the power produced has to be given priority to Egypt? I do not get it. Why do we build a dam that given given an outside country that contribute zero water? why are we doing this? out of fear? why stop the GERD and built the military force before hand instead of signing ridiculouls agreements. Where is the beef from this Dam? what we are we getting this dam? if this dam involves renew the 1929 and 59 agreement between Sudan and Egypt? Ethiopia paying compensation for using its water is worse than the 1929 and 59 agreeement. Literally we are agreeing the water belongs to Egypt. Alas this is trash, because Ethiopia does not need all these trash agreements. This is done by TPLF out fear of Egypt. They are scared to hell. It was me, I would have spent the 11 billion stolen building Air defense system of the county and then Harness fully and tell Egypt fuck off. From the way I see the GERD is benefitting Egypt than Ethiopia. Egypt has renewed the 1929 and 59 agreement indirectly through GERD. Ethiopia paying compensation for Egypt means more than 1929 and 59 agreement. 1929 and 59 Sudan and Egypt agreement renewed by Ethiopia in the name of Compensation? what does Egypt need more than this? I will never ever trust woyane Tigrai. What is annoying me is printing their fingers everywhere in our name.

Dawit you can go their office and give them this. We are tired of betrayal. We are tired of betrayal.

1. Ethiopia has to pay compensation to Egypt and Sudan if the water flow is reduced or if Ethiopia uses the water? This is the most stupid agreement . If Ethiopian officials really signed such an agreement ? They are trash and worthless . Ethiopia owns the water, Ethiopia has 100% right to use its water. If really they did sign such agreement? it is even worse than the 1929 and 1959 Sudan and Egypt agreement. Signing a paper that says Ethiopia has to pay compensation for using its water is beyond crime to Ethiopian people. I have to be honest, I will never trust woyanes because they are people who never learn when it comes to Ethiopian interest. Awramba times, in the developed countries leaders resign if things are beyond they can handle. Because you are in power you do not keep on printing your fingers everywhere in the name of 100 million people. If the FM TA and his team signed any paper that says Ethiopia has to pay compensation for using its water? it means Ethiopia has to buy its own water from Egypt? This has made me sleepless how can an Ethiopian do this to his country? I strongly believe TPLF people have big problem or incompetence when it comes to Ethiopia. They never ever stand for Ethiopia. It seems everything they do is just for some agenda we which we have no clue.
2. Secondly, involving or inviting Egypt or Sudan was wrong. Why? because Ethiopia has a sovereign right on anything on its territorial Jurisdiction and this is an international law. Ethiopia can use the water and even sell it. So inviting Egypt, Sudan was wrong. Even Entebbe agreement was wrong because Ethiopia does not need any blessing from outside to use its water resources. For example, every country on earth uses it water as it wants. There is no single country that allows its waters to be controlled by outside country. For example, India and Pakistan. The Indus river flows from India to Pakistan. They had old agreement to share the water. But India has violated the agreement they had because it needs the water and it did not allow Pakistan to dictate the water flow. In our case, we have no agreement so far. The foolish FM TA is killing and destroying the future of Ethiopians by printing his finger with Egypt everywhere. I honestly do not trust that big man called FM TA. I just suspect him as foolish man. The river Tigris and Euphrates flow from Turkey to Syria, Iraq,… but Turkey told them to drink their oil and the water is Turkey’s resources. I remember the Turkey President saying Ethiopia has a right to use its water as it its wants. He told to the Previous Egyptian Irrigation Minister. But the Egyptian Irrigation told him Ethiopia is not Turkey which means a weak country. I believe the Ethiopians leaders invited Egypt either they do not know their right or the right of Ethiopian people or they were scared of Egypt? I am sure the reason is one of them. Otherwise, there is no logic Ethiopian leaders to take order from Egypt on their own resources. I feel Ethiopians leaders just care about their stay on power, they do not care about Ethiopians interest. Is it not the same people who told us port is useless and for camel drinking? Is it not the same people who argued it is better to buy ports than to have one? Is it not the same people who told us port is a commodity? which means they do not understand the economic and strategic security importance of the ports? Americans, Europeans, China, Russia compete to control ports across the world? is it because Americans have camels? is it because Europeans have camels? is it because Chinese have camels? is it because Russians have camels so that they use the ports for camels to drink from? Trust me, the TPLF leadership is always incompetent . This has nothing to do with hate but this is fact based on their track record. Add to this the agreement made with Shabia EEBC, Alger’s agreement? There is no one good agreement made by EPRDF? All is one betrayal after another. Leaders in first world resign when they can not handle things because they do not want to make mistakes that will affect the lives many people. However in the houses TPLF you keep on doing mistakes. The Losethu river flows from the mountain of Losethu to South Africa? But South Africa has to pay for each liter of the water and now Losethus’ main income is from the water sold to South Africa. In Losethu the water is called white gold. In USA, Colarado river flows into Mexico and USA controls the water as it wishes. It controls as it wishes with no need of Mexico to have a say. In Canada, the Columbia rivers flows to USA? USA pays for the water and Cananda controls the water. USA is more powerful compared to Canada and but USA never tried to bully Canada to get free water. And Losethu is 0.5 million people? South Africa is 50 million people and South Africa is powerful country in Africa ? it did not try to bully the tiny Losethu of 0.5 million people to get free water,and South Africans were happy to pay for the water. Now South Africa pipes the water across South Africa.

I can not list all the countries who use their waters. Look India built 3200 Dams along the Indus River without the need of Pakistan blessing. They have had agreement which was made in 1964. India did not care about their agreement. We do not have any agreement? why the foolish FM TA dragging Ethiopia to Egypt printing his finger everywhere denying Ethiopians their God given natural right? You put yourself in a problem by signing agreement which you have no obligation to do so? Ethiopia has no any obligation to sign any agreement?

The TPLF leadership doing this either out of lack of knowledge of Ethiopians right or out of fear of Egypt? I see no logic, science, legality dragging Ethiopia to beg its water from Egypt. You are making a grand mistake again. Either you do not know your right or you are scared of Egypt and you are doing it to stay on power by vandalizing Ethiopian people treasure. I see no logic, philosophy, science, legality dragging Ethiopia to Egypt to signing agreement for Ethiopia to pay compensation to Egypt which literal mean Ethiopia has to buy its water from Egypt? This is bullshit agreement or I do not think an Ethiopian small child could do that. By the way, Haileslassie separated the Ethiopian orthodox church from Egypt to free Ethiopia from Egypt. I do not understand or see science or logic or philosophy or legality or obligation to be dragged to Egypt to sign agreement or seeking blessing from Egypt. It must be either you do not know your right or you are scared to hell and you are signing in our name and denying us our God given and natural rights. No country share its oil, gold, diamond, … no country gave us free oil, free gold, free diamond. Water is more than oil, diamond, gold,silver. I can live with oil, silver ,gold, diamond, but can not live without fresh water? which one must be expensive ? Water ? oil? oil is being sold per liter? Oil toxic, carcinogenic, pollutant. If countries can become filthy rich by selling the dirty oil ? why can the poor Ethiopians be filthy rich by selling their water?

On top of all these, 99% Ethiopian have no access proper tap water. Ethiopians hardly take shower or have proper accessible for water for drinking, cooking, … for example, I used to live 30 years ago in Mekelle. There was no water in the city. There is no water even today? Why is woyane talking water for electricity only? why not water for drinking , shower, cooking,, … not only Mekelle, but also the entire country? how are you going to solve the water need in Mekelle? You have been digging water wells in Mekelle for 24 years? you can not develop a city by using water from well. It is impossible to develop any region without water. it is impossible and I have worked with development agencies and it is impossible to help people without water. That means water has to be piped to where there is no water from where there is water. The blue Nile is one of the water that can be used to supply reliable water to water thirsty Mekele and other cities across the country. I have heard woyane leaders saying they do not need water of Blue Nile except for power? This is sickening. If you had magic power to create water ? why you did not supply water to Mekele in the past 25 years?

Why are your running to sign paper in our name by saying you will buy your own water? That is what is means if you to pay compensation to Egypt if you use the Blue Nile? why the hell are you signing to compensation for using your own water? why you buy your own water? This is more than stupidity. You people think you are always right. We have all your track records. You always have been doing this. You like printing fingers everywhere in our name? Do not you read and learn and know your rights? do you do things arbitrarily ? Do not you do research ? The FM TA has office? Sir, let your support staff read, research, how other countries are using their water? do not run and sign and print your fingers in our name, you are killing even the unborn Ethiopians because you are denying their futures.

3. You signed agreement the power produced has to be given priority to Egypt? I do not get it. Why do we build a dam that will be given to an that is 2212 km away? country that contribute zero water? why are we doing this? out of fear? why not stop the GERD and built the military force before hand instead of signing ridiculouls agreements?. Where is the beef from this Dam? what we are we getting from this dam? if this dam involves renewing the 1929 and 59 agreement between Sudan and Egypt? Ethiopia paying compensation for using its water is worse than the 1929 and 59 agreeement. Literally we are agreeing the water belongs to Egypt. Alas this is trash, because Ethiopia does not need all these trash agreements. This is done by TPLF out fear of Egypt. They are scared to hell. If It was me, I would have spent the 11 billion stolen building Air defense system of the county and then Harness fully the Blue Nile and tell Egypt fuck off. From the way I see the GERD is benefitting Egypt and belongs to Egypt and we are building for them using our own money such things never happened on our planet before. Egypt has renewed the 1929 and 59 agreement indirectly through GERD. Ethiopia paying compensation for Egypt means more than 1929 and 59 agreement. 1929 and 59 Sudan and Egypt agreement renewed by Ethiopia in the name of Compensation? what does Egypt need more than this? I will never ever trust woyane Tigrai. What is annoying me is printing their fingers everywhere in our name.

Dawit you can go to their office and give them this. We are tired of betrayal. We are tired of betrayal.
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1. all the stone that u dig out form the water bed build house with it

2. give investor free x amount of electricity for those who start their project in free Nile industrial zone if the Nile dam took five years and if the industry took five year to build when the Nile finished we will have ready industry to buy electricity otherwise if we have 6000Mgw electricity and no body to buy it would be waste of energy because we cant store electricity once it is produced therefore we should be ready with industry that buy electricity to this end we should give free land, electricity, and water for those who build now

3. giving away free electricity to local industry then exporting it is much better i will explain … let say we export raw electricity to Egypt and Egypt used the Electricity that we send them and produced orang juice and re export it back to Ethiopia that means we going to pay ten time of what we charge Egypt for electricity instead if we attract Egyptian juice packaging industry even so we give them free electricity as incentive we can make money when we export finished good such as orang juice to all over the world and we get employment and the local juicing company buy orange locally and we get paid for transportation and all other cost

4. free electricity attract everyone attention we can make 1000 mw free available electricity depending how much u invest u get free electricity let say the first 10 mw is free if u invest ten million dollar and if u need more then that u pay

i cant say it enough how the important of having starting industrial zone side by side with Nile dam as soon as we finished the dam when start producing electricity we need ready market how we going to get this ready made market by investing today and get ready down the road to do that we should give a lot of incentive to first round of investors

exporting electricity is the worst thing we going to do because exporting electricity is like exporting raw green coffee what i am trying to say is exporting ground coffee and packed ready to use coffee this way we will be benefiting ten fold…

as anything else the first round of business get free electricity the second round will pay 100,000 thousand dollar to get land and electricity as package if we attract only 1000 investors we will get 100 million dollar advance money for ten year package free electricity and free land (this is only an idea the idea is to say free this and that to attract investor)

just imagine if we attract one car manufacturing company and we manufacturing car for the whole Africa such as ford and Japanese car
even so we give them free electricity we recover the cost when we get tax from the 100,000 employee and their house electricity that they going to use at the workers home and pay

Ethiopia is rising up to the top of Africa with human activities as the Semien Mountain is naturally the roof of the continent.

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UNECA Chief Says Ethiopia To Be Africa’s Major Economic Power By 2050

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 31 (BERNAMA-NNN-ENA) — The top spot for Africa’s biggest economy by 2050 will go to Ethiopia, according to Dr Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

Dr Carlos weighed prospects and challenges for Nigeria and South Africa — the current economic giants of Africa — with resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and fast-growing Ethiopia to reach to the conclusion that this Horn of Africa nation will come out as top performer in Africa by 2050.

Lopes said: “At nearly 100 million (people), the country [Ethiopia] is Africa’s third most populous, and has posted blistering economic growth in the past decade or so.

“More importantly, it is fast closing the infrastructure gap, laying down a flurry of roads, railways and power projects, which would give it a competitive advantage in the region, particularly over DR Congo, that is notoriously poorly connected.”

As for Nigeria, currently Africa’s biggest economy, Lopes said: “Its rosy headline economic figures, huge population and massive potential also mask deep structural flaws in the economy that might make it choke on growth soon.

“Nigeria will have strong competition and by 2050 may have an economy smaller than DR Congo and Ethiopia.”

Lopes said Nigeria’s weak point is in its lack of energy. It produces just 1.5 per cent of the electricity it needs for its 173 million people.

More than 70 per cent of running costs of enterprises go to running fuel generators alone, and industries retain slow, outdated manual processes because they don’t have the power to run machines.

Without radical reform, and if oil revenues have hit a permanent slump, Nigeria will not be able to function as a modern economy, and may just become a de facto village, though still hulking in size, Lopes warned.

Meanwhile, the DR Congo’s potential is immense, he said. The Central African nation’s total mineral wealth is estimated to be worth a mind-boggling US$24 trillion, more than the current gross domestic product (GDP) of Europe and the United States combined.

The planned US$80 billion Grand Inga Dam, if finally constructed, will be massive, producing 40,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity when completed. It will be capable of literally lighting up the continent, providing electricity to half of African countries, according to Dr. Lopes.

Currently, the world’s largest hydro-electirc power plant is the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China, delivering 22,500 MW and Grand Inga will be nearly double the size.

However, the DRC is plagued by instability and it therefore may become the top African economic power in the foreseeable future.

The DRC also has less than 3,000 kilometres of all-weather paved road in a country which is the second largest on the continent at 2.345 million square km.

“South Africa will not get back on top,” said Lopes categorically during the extensive, listing the global commodity price collapse, the worst drought in more than three decades, social unrest and the country’s sovereign credit risk as key contributing factors which hold back South Africa from regaining its spot as Africa’s economic power.

Over the next 35 years, more than half of the world’s births will happen in Africa. It means that over the same time period, the region’s working age population is expected to triple to 1.25 billion people, he further noted.

It appears that Ethiopia allowed itself to be whipped up into an emotional frenzy to achieve extremely costly, if not impossible, goals by building the so called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD) in the name of a grand ideology as foreseen by the ”Great Leader”, lest the nation be lulled into inaction and threw itself back to the basket of abject poverty. It all started at a click of a button as the late Prime Minister, Colonel Meles Zenawi, came up with a grand idea of building the GERD, as a political bone to throw to Ethiopians to chew in the wake of the so called Arab Spring. The Ethiopian public had been successfully kept off the streets and the idea is still being used by politicians as not only a huge economic project but as a peculiar symbol signifying Ethiopian Patriotism. The zero-sum nature of the issues in relation to the project, particularly the adverse ones raised by those opposed to the GERD, helped the regime immensely thanks to the media that kept massaging stories deliberately to make the Govt look so good at the same time making those opposed to the project look so bad. Though not everything about the project is wrong, deliberately misleading the public about the true cost and economic benefit once the whole project was completed is not only so sad but is historically unforgivable. It is fully understandable that development is not a soft policy issue but a core national security one in a nation like Ethiopia, as poverty breeds frustration and resentment, which ideological entrepreneurs can easily turn into support for — or acquiescence to — terrorism, banditry, lawlessness or armed uprising; particularly in light of the fact that there is a chronic lack of political rights and freedoms in Ethiopia. But there was no question that the regime and its ”developmental media” deliberately misled the public by ”cherry-picking” information vis-à-vis this particular project. What I meant by this is that the Govt and the media deliberately manipulated the public by highlighting parts of information that argued for the project’s benefit while significantly minimizing or dismissing the costs associated with it. I know I could be accused of being a hypocrite in light of the fact that I am among those supporting the project, but I am fine so long as my contribution could help pay for Ethiopians working on the project and this alone will surely keep me among the strong GERD supporters and I will proudly continue playing my part. In an effort to build a formidable middle class by 2025 as planned under the GTP2, the country is spending itself to death to complete the GERD, adding an exponential sum of money into the already sky-high National Debt to finance the project. The middle class the EPRDF hoped to ignite appeared to have already made its peace with the system’s failings, preferring the nation’s black markets to the Govt’s Green reforms, as deadly student uprisings, ethnic tensions, rampant corruption, drought and famine and skyrocketing inflation continue to frustrate a Govt that was already out of any real positive energy to carry-out real reforms. With the World now combined and so much glued in a globalization’s functioning core, Ethiopia appears to be kept in the GAP because it suffers from ”hereditary succession”, as those who assume the mantle of leadership by succession keep treating the nation’s economy less as their money box and even more as their plaything. By GAP I meant nations in the wrong side of the Globalization’s isle and by CORE —nations already within the Globalization rule-set. In a globe of free flow of mass media, ideas, capital, people and technology, sufficient political and security rule-sets need to keep pace with all this growing global connectivity and there was simply no way that Ethiopia could keep itself in the dark from this new global reality. Though it is true that disconnectedness favors the ruling few in EPRDF, the unleashed needs of the many grossly overwhelms the long-held prerogatives of the few and denying this reality is simply swimming against the tide of history.

Ethiopia’s leaders need to understand that opening a door to freedom, transparency and economic opportunity for all Ethiopians is no longer optional, but so much mandatory and start to devise a Grand Strategy that transcends their deep-seated fear that letting their society into the Globalization’s core amounted to surrendering the regime’s authoritarian grip on power; lest there would simply be no choir left to hear their GTP preachings come 2025.

I hear you; this GERD could have been built as multipurpose dam if it was built in a potential area where you can use it for agriculture, aquaculure, farmining, potable water to cities with chronic water problems like in Mekellle. What can you do?

Today it is the end of 2015 and on the eve to welcome the new year. It has been 25 years ever since the military junta took power, I have been closely watching the human right aspect of the regim…sorry to say; this regime possiblly the worsest our country Ethiopia has ever experianced believe me I have sufficient eveidence to prove . No dangerou regime is than creating horizontal and vertical conflict and tension among its own people. No regime is dangerious than shooting on school boys exercing their democratic right…No regime is dangerious than violating own constitution-supposed to protect, which is the main duty of the federal Goverment.

Assigment for 2016
Refrain from creating horizntal and vertical conflict
Strongly respect and protect the constitution
Dont inherit the past regimes problems to the current,
Kill the system of corruption not young boys
No your limit, respect the constitution
Check the discpline of Defence or/and federal police
Big ear to the dissatifacation!
Your Master plan is soaked with blood of more than 100 check what may be consquence …are u calling for civil war. Dont think that the fact that the people are unarmed that i can keep on shooting and killing as part of solution to keep silent. Indeed, you must know Oromos are naturally well organized and warriors you will never ever keep silent us silent by killing. Do u??? never …the more u so the more we will learn new skill. Probably, devastating! Please keep in mind that the regime will pass … the people will always be there.

Fighting is enough for us. We grew in it. The Oromos must respect law and demand their rights peacefully. They must not burn, destroy anything. If you do what is being done in USA , they will shout you if you destroy people’s life, property. Your right has a limit. When you wanted your right to respected, you must respect the law too. If you violate law you will face the same problem. In USA, you can be shoot for being suspected without even caught redhanded doing crime. If you are protesting illegally and violating laws, burning other people property, government utilities, … any government can take any measure they deem necessary which could even be shooting people. To avoid that, in developing countries, you need permission to protest.. Why do you need permission to protest? You take responsibility that if you violate laws you will be charged and you will also need protection so that law enforcement accompany the protest to protect the protesters and the public. There is no right without duty, and obligation. But I agree with the advices you have listed. I am not happy people got killed. But the public and the protesters need protection for that they need to do their protest peacefully. Even if they do it without permission? if it is peaceful? such things would never happen. But if people burn government buildings, police stations, investor properties,… the government has to take whatever it takes. To avoid that , you need to follow the law even if the law is not good. When you protest is legal, the law enforcements will be ready with tears gas, .chemical spray, rubber bullet, … but if if the protest is illegal and violent, sudden, they have no time to prepare anything and the only choice they have is to use live bullets. As such everything must be peaceful. It does not matter whether you are Oromo, Amhara or tigrie,… you need to live and abide the law and oppose peacefully without inviting trouble.

Gezaee H u have good point but the government should take proactive measure if they dont want this to happened next time they shoud charge every students 10,000 birr insurance policy if they found looting and rioting that many will be used to pay for cost of their adventure if this know no student will tak part in so called riot … if the students doesnt have 10,000 birr depots then they can get student loan … that they will pay for the rest of their life … as of now EPRDF shoudl not arrest anyone if anyone who arrested must be released and given fine 10,000 birr to pay up why feed them for free when they can feed us instead what benift we going to get arresting them but we can fine them where it hurt this way we can avoid NGO IN FACT all jailed personal should be released in 2016 and forced to pay fine say 100,000 birr for next 30 years this will teach them a good lesson

I know you have met a dreamer, that’s is the person that is constantly saying I am going to ……. or I want to be….Or I am going do……but this person never stops to put their plan into action. Don’t get me wrong. To dream is good. But, let me explain that the difference, between a Dreamer and a Dream Maker is that a Dream Maker is a visionary, he constantly keeps his dream in view. He is always planning and working on how he can accomplish that dream. His question is always, What will make it work? On the other hand, He is never at a point of defeat. He never losses sight and always sees a way that he can obtain his dream. In difficult times, he holds to the fulfillment of his vision. And finally, this is the person that achieves their dream AND FULFILLS THEIR GOALS. They are the Dream Makers…..

this is why i hate to take part in any discussion we are not honest people look here some of them accusing the EPRDF government given to Egypt and Sudan the same people had power for the last 3000 years but we never used Nile so what is the difference if we give all the water to Egypt and produced energy (i am not saying we should give all the water to Egypt but even in that case we are the winner because we will produced more power out of the Nile instead of flowing for free for thousand of years ) so their argument doesn’t hold water

my second point is they claiming Ethiopia have 100% ownership right over Nile river … this is the kind of argument that hold Ethiopian back form building Nile Dam even during king Haile time … we should not even joke about owning Nile 100% we should always say we share Nile with Egypt and Sudan and it is truth we share the ownership God or almighty Allah wanted that way …Nile river is an international river we cant block it Egypt have same right over Nile just like Ethiopia the pont is we should share the Nile end of story

there are many country that share river one of them is America and Canada they share river and they produce hydro electricity i dont see both country fighting over each other … Ethiopian is not the first county that share river there are many countries that share river and there are international law that govern international rive like Nile therefore that law say Ethiopia have no right to block Nile river from flowing to Egypt … it seems TPLF UNDERSTAND this law and working hard to make it happened

other also try to redirect the discussion about ethnic federation and the want us to abolish ethnic federalism they try to hijack the oromo demand the oromo actually want more robust ethnic federation they want more of it not less of it and they want to be more independent governing their ethnic federal system , those smart operate try to abolish ethinc fedaralism i dont mind aboulsihing ethnic fedaralism but i dont think no ethnic groups in Ethiopia want to go back to the old days i dont know why this people doesnt learn form Eritrea …just imagine if we had allowed Eritrean to speak their own LANGUAGE and govern their own region and keep one billion dollar income from assab only for paying tax on it do u think they would have asked for independent in fact it took war to separate them because the Eritrea didnot left after independent under TPLF THEY STAY BEHIND

You are ignorant woyane. Woyanes always wrong but always right. Ethiopia has 100% right. It is not you who decide. It is fact and truth. This is even international law. You just stupid but you think you know it all. You even told us Ethiopia does not need a port because port is a commodity? or because port is for camels? All countries compete to control port across the world ? is it because it is commodity? is it because American, French, British, Russians, Chinese have many camels to drink ports ? I guess you are woyane? Because woyanes have twisted, bizzare mindset. They way they operate is weird, different not from Ethiopians but from the entire world, racist, tribalist, ethnicist.

Ethiopia did not use it? it has to give it now to Egypt? Blue Nile is in an Ethiopian Sovereign territorial Jurisdiction which means anything that comes out of Ethiopia is Ethiopians. There is no country that gives away its resources to a county far way.. This is also international law. But the woyane world is twisted, bizzare, weird world that does exist on earth. Ethiopia is the only country divided by race except the previous South Aparthied. This is also good for woyane?

You can not give me a single country in the world that signed away its resources to any outside country? Do not come with rubbish philosophy which I call dedebit philosophy.

You are stupid person. The people Mekele have been asking for water for 25 years? There is no water? The solution for this problem to pipe water from Blue Nile to supply reliable water. You idiot, backward, primitive comes to lecture us about Egypt’s water need? Dedeb. no Ethiopian agree with your twisted mind woyane groups.

YES Ethiopian can keep Blue Nile to her self in one condition .. u cant drains Blue Nile in to Egypt land keep all the Water with in Ethiopia no more one drop water u should send to Egypt

do u know u need evaporation to complete the water life cycle the water get evaporated at desert of Egypt and Mediterranean sea u break the water cycle u have no rain in Ethiopia because the clowned come form Mediterranean…

as i say u want to own Blue Nile then keep the water dont send one drop of water and let see u flooded and beg for mercy

Ethoash, you are the most bastard lier here. Canada and USA do no share water. USA buys Canadian water. South Africa buys Losethu water. Turkey says to Syria and Iraq, drink your oil and we drink our water. The water that flows from Tigris, Euphrate to Syria and Iraq belongs to Turkey. The Colorado river that flows to Mexico belongs to USA , not to Mexico. The Indus rivet that flows to Pakistan belongs to India, India tell to Pakistan, fuck off. I can not list all the countries. You are bastard woyane who believe Ethiopia has to be landlocked? Ethiopia has to be governed by aparthied system? Now you bastard idiot, backward, primitive, come with your wild, weird, twisted woyane mind to educate us about sharing? Dedeb, read and learn, instead of forcing Ethiopians to live according to your weird mind. I have never come across these stype of stupid mentality.

Niagara Falls shared by America and Canada they share the water both produced hydro and they share the water that is important i dont know who owns what but they share it then why do Canada share it if they own it dont tell me they buy it no the water is in American side just like Blue Nile in Ethiopia side or in Egypt sided

yes Ethiopia own what they have in Ethiopian sided once the water is out of Ethiopia border then the ownership end Sudan own the Nile within here border then when it cross the border to Egypt at that time Egypt own it in total no one own it,,, we all share Nile

I am not telling you my opinion, I am telling you based on international norm. I am not arguing for the sake of argument based on nothing like you. I am telling you read, learn, do not blindly argue? you blindly argued port is for camel or commodity? The same you will keep on arguing blindly and this is woyane way? Read, Ethiopia has 100% right to harness the Blue Nile and they can use it only if Ethiopia let it flow. Reading what you have written, you way of thinking opposite to the whole population of Ethiopia except. The only people who might agree with you OLF and Shabia. You are not real Ethiopian. My brotherly advices, do not blindly argue forever. Everything you have been doing is wrong: Landlocking 100 million using the same stupid argument blindly by saying port is a commodity, for camels? Then you betray your soldiers on the war fileld, then you drag Ethiopia to Europe? you sign EEBC, Alger’s agreement? Now you are dragging the country to beg its water from Egypt? and you are arguing the water is not ours? weird, you people completely weird mind, how people came to exist from the people of Ethiopia. Let Egypt worry about Egyptian. Anyway, read, learn, do not come with outlandish weird self-defeating and self-inflicting argument.

Your other lame and blind argument is Niagra fall? Niagra fall is not Blue Nile. Blue Nile is in Ethiopia and Niagra fall is half in between Canada and USA, both side contribute. No one is going to stop them from using Niagra fall from each side. Besides Egypt is USA or Canada. Canada and USA are immediate neighbours, Egypt is 2213 km away from Ethiopia and there are 10 countries before Egypt? Most of them suffer from lack of water too. They can claim the same right? Even if we agree to share, it would have to be divided into 11 countries because there is no logic that says at country which far has to use it all? In all cases, the water can flow only if Ethiopia does not use it. There is no philosophy, science, logic that says Ethiopians can use it and it has to flow to Egypt? Either read, learn, not shut up. Do not come to misinform people with these self-loathing argument. I call these self-hating argument. The only people on our planet who argue against their country only woyanes. I have traveled across the world, I never came across in my life like woyanes. You people have completely bizzare way of thinking. This is why Ethiopians do not like you. Everything you do is against the country’s national interest. I never see an Egyptian arguing for Ethiopia. I see only weird people like woyane and Almariam who arrgue in favour Egypt and this is against international norm? It is shame Ethiopia has to be led by this type traitors. No surprise if woyane tells us Blue Nile Egyptians? no surprise, you are even telling us Assab is gone? you think you are God? because you said so? But know Assab gone until the cursed woyane Tigrai ruling. There will be time for everything. But I tell you one thing Ethiopians have good to hate woyanes because you people have very twisted feeling towards your country. If I was you I would how to give water to the people who are asking for water for 24 years? I would not come to stick my nose to argue for other countries. Shame on you and I believe it is because you believe you are right. Always wrong but always right? woyane is always wrong but always right. I sympathize with Ethiopian people, honestly. You are very weird creature. The people in Mekele has been begging for water for 24 years? but there is no water and you can not develop a region without water? You can not develop a region by digging water holes? I would about my people than worry about a country that is 2213 km away and on top that an enemy country that destroyed my country by sponsoring 30 years Shabia war. I would worry provide water to my people. It would stupid me to stand against my people. I stop for now here. But suggest you learn, read books,, love your country and stop hating yourself. What you have written is antiEthiopia purely. I do not believe shares your idea, may OLF, Shabia, lost woyanes like you. This is a big problem.

i am sorry if u want Assab u should have giving them ethnic federation and allowed them to keep billion of dollar that Djibouti keep no u cry when Eritrean become number one exporter of coffee saying Eritrea doent have one coffee tree forgetting they allowed u billion dollar free port access … those extreme old regime loyalist are to blame otherwise it took war to separate Eritrean form Ethiopia they were happy under tplf they stay behind after independent but the extremist old regime loyalist cry foul and here is the result
i have redemption for u why not lease Somlian port for keep for 99 years or lease Assab the same way that u pay Djibouti and u can keep it that way instead of wanting to go to war by claiming it is ours guest what if you join the war front be my guest otherwise we have AG7 and OLF they can ask politely our port otherwise dont count me i think we have it goood without port …even if we get back Assab there is not free lunch we have to pay billion dollar for Afar people so that they can develop their own region if TX HAVE OIL NY cant get oil for free they buy it just as if they buy form Arab country that is why every state in America developed using their own resources …

your AG and olf where party opposing they Nile dam there were many protest against Nile dam why the change of heart now …i think the best thing to do for TPLF is to rat u out and tell them u guy guys r the one who opposed the Nile deal and they will take care off u they will kick AG AND OLF out of Eritrea so fast … i know u will say u r not supporter of AG7 OR OLF that is okay u will not my any chance posed Nile dam ?

The General Assembly adopted resolution 1803 (XVII) on the “Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources” on 14 December 1962 by 87 votes in favour to 2 against, with 12 abstentions. The resolution had resulted from the General Assembly’s focus on, firstly, the promotion and financing of economic development in under-developed countries and, secondly, in connection with the right of peoples to self-determination in the draft international covenants on human rights.

In 1952, the General Assembly requested the Commission on Human Rights to prepare recommendations concerning international respect for the right of peoples to self-determination. The Commission on Human Rights recommended the establishment of a commission to conduct a full survey of the right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources, having noted that this right formed a “basic constituent of the right to self-determination”. In accordance with this recommendation, the General Assembly established the United Nations Commission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources on 12 December 1958 under resolution 1314 (XIII). In 1961, this Commission adopted a draft resolution outlining principles concerning permanent sovereignty over natural resources. Following consideration of this draft resolution by the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee of the General Assembly, the General Assembly adopted resolution 1803 (XVII).

Resolution 1803 (XVII) provides that States and international organizations shall strictly and conscientiously respect the sovereignty of peoples and nations over their natural wealth and resources in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles contained in the resolution. These principles are set out in eight articles concerning, inter alia, the exploration, development and disposition of natural resources, nationalization and expropriation, foreign investment, the sharing of profits, and other related issues.

Recalling its resolutions 523 (VI) of 12 January 1952 and 626 (VII) of 21 December 1952,

Bearing in mind its resolution 1314 (XIII) of 12 December 1958, by which it established the Commission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources and instructed it to conduct a full survey of the status of permanent sovereignty over natural wealth and resources as a basic constituent of the right to self-determination, with recommendations, where necessary, for its strengthening, and decided further that, in the conduct of the full survey of the status of the permanent sovereignty of peoples and nations over their natural wealth and resources, due regard should be paid to the rights and duties of States under international law and to the importance of encouraging international co-operation in the economic development of developing countries,

Bearing in mind its resolution 1515 (XV) of 15 December 1960, in which it recommended that the sovereign right of every State to dispose of its wealth and its natural resources should be respected,

Considering that any measure in this respect must be based on the recognition of the inalienable right of all States freely to dispose of their natural wealth and resources in accordance with their national interests, and on respect for the economic independence of States,

Considering that nothing in paragraph 4 below in any way prejudices the position of any Member State on any aspect of the question of the rights and obligations of successor States and Governments in respect of property acquired before the accession to complete sovereignty of countries formerly under colonial rule,

Noting that the subject of succession of States and Governments is being examined as a matter of priority by the International Law Commission,

Considering that it is desirable to promote international co-operation for the economic development of developing countries, and that economic and financial agreements between the developed and the developing countries must be based on the principles of equality and of the right of peoples and nations to self-determination,

Considering that the provision of economic and technical assistance, loans and increased foreign investment must not be subject to conditions which conflict with the interests of the recipient State,

Considering the benefits to be derived from exchanges of technical and scientific information likely to promote the development and use of such resources and wealth, and the important part which the United Nations and other international organizations are called upon to play in that connection,

Attaching particular importance to the question of promoting the economic development of developing countries and securing their economic independence,

Noting that the creation and strengthening of the inalienable sovereignty of States over their natural wealth and resources reinforces their economic independence,

Desiring that there should be further consideration by the United Nations of the subject of permanent sovereignty over natural resources in the spirit of international co-operation in the field of economic development, particularly that of the developing countries,

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Declares that:

1. The right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources must be exercised in the interest of their national development and of the well-being of the people of the State concerned.

2. The exploration, development and disposition of such resources, as well as the import of the foreign capital required for these purposes, should be in conformity with the rules and conditions which the peoples and nations freely consider to be necessary or desirable with regard to the authorization, restriction or prohibition of such activities.

3. In cases where authorization is granted, the capital imported and the earnings on that capital shall be governed by the terms thereof, by the national legislation in force, and by international law. The profits derived must be shared in the proportions freely agreed upon, in each case, between the investors and the recipient State, due care being taken to ensure that there is no impairment, for any reason, of that State’s sovereignty over its natural wealth and resources.

4. Nationalization, expropriation or requisitioning shall be based on grounds or reasons of public utility, security or the national interest which are recognized as overriding purely individual or private interests, both domestic and foreign. In such cases the owner shall be paid appropriate compensation, in accordance with the rules in force in the State taking such measures in the exercise of its sovereignty and in accordance with international law. In any case where the question of compensation gives rise to a controversy, the national jurisdiction of the State taking such measures shall be exhausted. However, upon agreement by sovereign States and other parties concerned, settlement of the dispute should be made through arbitration or international adjudication.

5. The free and beneficial exercise of the sovereignty of peoples and nations over their natural resources must be furthered by the mutual respect of States based on their sovereign equality.

6. International co-operation for the economic development of developing countries, whether in the form of public or private capital investments, exchange of goods and services, technical assistance, or exchange of scientific information, shall be such as to further their independent national development and shall be based upon respect for their sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources.

7. Violation of the rights of peoples and nations to sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources is contrary to the spirit and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and hinders the development of international co-operation and the maintenance of peace.

8. Foreign investment agreements freely entered into by or between sovereign States shall be observed in good faith; States and international organizations shall strictly and conscientiously respect the sovereignty of peoples and nations over their natural wealth and resources in accordance with the Charter and the principles set forth in the present resolution.

Colorado River (Arizona-Sonora): United States and Mexico
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Pigeon River: United States and Canada
Rainy River: United States and Canada
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Blue Nile if it is 100% with in Ethiopia then u have a point but now it is draining in to Sudan and Egypt that change the subject

i can list a lot of coutures that share river so Ethiopia is not the only one look it up there is a law that govern transboundary rivers and it say Ethiopia have no right to take more water that affect the natural flow of the water or block the water

It does not matter how many transboundary river you list, there is no international law that says the source country can not touch or the water. There is only one convention that says equitable use or cause no significant harm which is Woyane using now. Now one knows what that means because there is no detail about it and it is not a law either. There is no any law that stops Ethiopia from using its God given water. You are still 100% wrong but you are always right because you are Woyane because Woyane is God and nothing is wrong. There is no single law that is says or enforce the source country to share equally with others. You can probably argue only about moral obligation? But moral obligation does mean I have to die so that Egypt can use my water. The problem is you are woyane with twisted mindset. Otherwise, you must have worried about Ethiopians 99% Ethiopian people who have access to clean and reliable water. Never expect honey from a fly. No good thing can be entertained in the house of woyane except distortion, betrayal, bizzare, weird, alienic dedebit philosophy. No one stopped India when it built 3200 DAMS across the Indus river despite India has agreement with Pakistan. Ethiopia does not have any agreement except the Alien woyane now printing its fingers everyday with Egypt which will deny future Ethiopians who are still unborn their right to use the water. I do not blame you, in the house of woyane thinks run in a very weird, bizzare, alien way completely opposite to feeling, psychology of Ethiopians. I would not never expect a woyane to agree with me and every Ethiopians knows this.

u have a lot of assumption about me… but my point is very simple Egyptian are our sister nation i love them so much i even want them to come to Ethiopian and invest and i will give them free land and free electricity… i am not in the business of building Nile dam but i am in the business of building trust to show that i want them to come and invest in Ethiopia Ethiopia need a lot of investment it is ground zero for investment if u see where Nile Dam is there is no investment but look Cairo it is happening city why because of Nile river …. so it is more then enough for 100 million Ethiopia just Nile river so i am not in the business of hate … as i said Ethiopia only own 100% Nile river with in here border but Nile is not limited with Ethiopia border therefore we have to share it with everyone there is where it come trust building if u tell the Egypt it is in there best interest that we building Nile dam they will even invest money with us to finish the dam … otherwise what is our option fight a war before we build the dam ? if u r educated person in fact u should have come with point how this dam can be beneficial to Egypt as well as Ethiopia … in other video one of the Egyptian speaker said he is worried about earth quake .. do u have answer for him? i say to this people we have to see if that area have the history of Earthquake otherwise we cant not just worried about Earthquake where there is no history of Earthquake in that area beside Dam are built to withstand small Earthquake otherwise if afraid of Earthquake we will never built anything like this u can naturalized the fear instead of hotheaded and looking for trouble u can change people mind but if u declare them enemy then it will work against u …

Dawit, you must stop deleting comments. you must stop disrupting conversation between people, please. Do not interrupt flow of ideas between people, this is rustic. I see only this thing on Ethiopian website. Please stop disrupting communication between people.

Anyone who wanted to know about Canadian Federation is here. There is no racism or ethicism in the Canadian Federal system. It is pure evil to twist and claim Canadian Federal system is ethnic. It is pure evil.

@Gezaee, Why you rush to conclusion based on assumptions. We didn’t delete any comment. We have no reason to do so as we encourage different views. In fact, some comments, that were posted after midnight had been awaiting moderation. That was the only reason.